A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 279 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (173 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:02:18 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 440.5 km (274 miles). Global time and date of event 14/11/16 / 2016-11-14 15:02:18 / November 14, 2016 @ 3:02 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10007dgs. Event ids that are associated: us10007dgs. Exact location, longitude -177.0284° West, latitude -16.5668° South, depth = 440.5 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 279 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.
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